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What's wrong with the Blue Line today? Why, er ...
By adamg on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 5:59pm
UPDATE, 5:30 a.m.: The MBTA says repairs were completed overnight, regular service resuming.
Something about Blue Line trains just hates those overhead wires. Mike Miccoli, though, doesn't mind:
Oh sweet! The MBTA is providing free shuttle buses! During rush hour! Those guys are the best!
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Chronicle of a commute
Whoever this Mike Miccoli is,
Whoever this Mike Miccoli is, he's pretty damn funny.
Elsewhere on the T tonight
Dead train on the Red Line at Charles/MGH. And on commuter rail, David McSweeney reports:
And on the Green Line
And on the Green Line ...
Green Line OB experiencing 10-15 min delays due to a disabled train 5/29/2012 7:19 PM
Meanwhile the bus system is hosed.
Routes 1, 22, 23, 28, 32, 34, 34E, 39, 57, 66, 77, 79, 93, 111, 114, 116, 117, 500, & Silver Line Washington St. are experiencing 15-20 minute delays due to a wire problem on the Blue Line.
Yeah, they pull buses from
Yeah, they pull buses from the most frequent routes when they need to do an emergency shuttle.
I wonder why they don't run to Airport
I've been stuck in a mess like this two years ago. If there's a problem with the wires, they could use third rail to Airport at least. There's even a crossover to use between Maverick and Airport for turning trains.
Unless, of course, the wire problem is at Airport itself, I suppose. But even then, there's the other track...
The wire problem was at
The wire problem was at Airport, wire crew at the crossover, dead train on the platform. Even if they could run signle track from Maverick to Airport, that would mean a train only every 15 minute or so. They had five trains running Maverick-Bowdoin and they were able to maintain close to a normal headway in that segment.
When it rains, it pours on the Blue Line
Now a wire is down at Revere Beach and people are trapped in a train waiting for the fire department to arrive.
don't the blue line trains
don't the blue line trains have third rail running next to the track, even where there are wires overhead?
Only at Airport
And if the wire fell down, you couldn't run there anyway.
The third rail ends where the
The third rail ends where the wire begins.